Colorectal cancer (colon, anal and rectal)

The Colorectal Group is involved with improving service and research for patients with cancers from the beginning of the large bowel (colon), through the rectum, and all the way down to the anus. The group looks at improving care whether these patients are presenting with limited disease (confined to the gut) or disease that has spread to other organs. The group brings together patietn representatives and key individuals from the Colorectal, Anal and Liver multi-disciplinary teams from across the Network including surgeons (bowel and liver), oncologists, radiologists, histopathologists, specialist nurses and research nurses.

By meeting in this way, the group aims to ensure equally high standards of treatment across the Network and to optimise recruitment into clinical trials for this group of patients by promoting equity of access.

The End of Life network has released the latest edition of its monthly bulletin, covering regional and national updates. The April edition covers guidelines for working with patients to create Advance Care Plans, details on where to find Our Future Health podcasts from the Royal College of Physicians, and the British Institute of Human Right’s […]

Join Dementia Research (JDR), a service which allows people to register their interest in participating in dementia research and be matched to suitable studies, has released a toolkit for health professionals to engage staff and encourage patients to join up. You can access it here: http://nhs.joindementiaresearch.nihr.ac.uk/ The toolkit consists of four sections: * Integrating research with care […]

The Oxford Patient Safety Collaborative (PSC) Maternity Network jointly with the Thames Valley Children and Maternity Strategic Clinical Network (SCN), will be holding the fifth multidisciplinary Shared Learning Event on Wednesday 20th June 2018 at Unipart House in Oxford. You can sign up for your FREE place here: http://bit.ly/2HNm1Rj Attendees will hear interesting and dynamic presentations […]

We are pleased to be hosting the next South Central Medical Directorate conference: New Horizons in Health and Social Care, which will be held on Tuesday 12th June 2018 at the Hilton in Reading. This year we’re framing the day around big changes that will impact the NHS, such as robotics, genomics and AI, as […]